in2anity wrote:I take it you guys have seen this t1x 22lr review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSx2IWvGJSg
Supaduke wrote:Not exactly a glowing review. Seen plenty of Rugers shoot better than that at half the price.
Supaduke wrote:Yeah , I found that odd. He did shoot it stock though.
byadbo boy wrote:Fair enough Bill - I’m speaking figuratively about the stock- but have you had a close look and “ feel “ of one?
Reeks of good old “ Chineseium” and seems to be different material to the T3X.
Could just be my imagination.
Not $880 of my money hence the decision.
Anyhow all it is is my opinion-but I am very happy with my choice.
In the end that’s why there is so much choice, we all have different needs and expectations.
For the record I rate Tikka very highly.
I just wanted something a bit better for my $$$
Bill wrote:byadbo boy wrote:Fair enough Bill - I’m speaking figuratively about the stock- but have you had a close look and “ feel “ of one?
Reeks of good old “ Chineseium” and seems to be different material to the T3X.
Could just be my imagination.
Not $880 of my money hence the decision.
Anyhow all it is is my opinion-but I am very happy with my choice.
In the end that’s why there is so much choice, we all have different needs and expectations.
For the record I rate Tikka very highly.
I just wanted something a bit better for my $$$
I have a 17hmr and its a cracka, its had atleast a thousand rounds, stock is the same as a T3x.
bladeracer wrote:I picked up the Ruger Precision Rimfire yesterday to see how it compares to my pair of Ruger American Rimfires in MDT chassis. I mounted the scope last night and my first impression is very good, it's a very neat little package. The extended magazine is annoying but I'm hoping it'll run the standard 10rd mags fine. Although the pistol grip is just an AR15 style like I have on my MDT's, it does for some reason fit my hand a little more comfortably. Considering the complete rifle is half the cost of building my MDT versions, I'm impressed. Have to go into town again today but I'm hoping to find time to put a few rounds through it today.
I particularly like the AR15-style safety as I've been wanting to put the same on my chassis rifles.
bladeracer wrote:I picked up the Ruger Precision Rimfire yesterday to see how it compares to my pair of Ruger American Rimfires in MDT chassis. I mounted the scope last night and my first impression is very good, it's a very neat little package. The extended magazine is annoying but I'm hoping it'll run the standard 10rd mags fine. Although the pistol grip is just an AR15 style like I have on my MDT's, it does for some reason fit my hand a little more comfortably. Considering the complete rifle is half the cost of building my MDT versions, I'm impressed. Have to go into town again today but I'm hoping to find time to put a few rounds through it today.
I particularly like the AR15-style safety as I've been wanting to put the same on my chassis rifles.
Cooper wrote:My Ruger presicion rimfire didn't feed very well out of the 15 round mag. It is a bit of a sloppy fit. The standard 10 round works much better.
byadbo boy wrote:bladeracer wrote:I picked up the Ruger Precision Rimfire yesterday to see how it compares to my pair of Ruger American Rimfires in MDT chassis. I mounted the scope last night and my first impression is very good, it's a very neat little package. The extended magazine is annoying but I'm hoping it'll run the standard 10rd mags fine. Although the pistol grip is just an AR15 style like I have on my MDT's, it does for some reason fit my hand a little more comfortably. Considering the complete rifle is half the cost of building my MDT versions, I'm impressed. Have to go into town again today but I'm hoping to find time to put a few rounds through it today.
I particularly like the AR15-style safety as I've been wanting to put the same on my chassis rifles.
Keep us up to speed on how it goes.
My young bloke has just got his permit and there is a birthday coming up.
There has been a lot of positive feedback on these .
The 15 round mag issues don't really bother me as we are in nanny state NSW and a fifteen round mag is just all too hard
byadbo boy wrote:Bill wrote:byadbo boy wrote:Fair enough Bill - I’m speaking figuratively about the stock- but have you had a close look and “ feel “ of one?
Reeks of good old “ Chineseium” and seems to be different material to the T3X.
Could just be my imagination.
Not $880 of my money hence the decision.
Anyhow all it is is my opinion-but I am very happy with my choice.
In the end that’s why there is so much choice, we all have different needs and expectations.
For the record I rate Tikka very highly.
I just wanted something a bit better for my $$$
I have a 17hmr and its a cracka, its had atleast a thousand rounds, stock is the same as a T3x.
Fair enough Bill - beauty is literally in the eye of the marksman when it comes to these things.
Sounds like you are very happy with it.
As I always say - parting with the hard earned for most of us comes after educated deliberation.
The T1x is definitely a lighter rifle - even more so in the 16".
I don't actually like that aspect as I am more a range and static plink type of shooter so I prefer a "solid,weighted
feel". If I was wandering around paddocks bunny busting though it would be a completely different story and I can definitely
see the major attraction in a 16" 22LR lightly scoped- It would be a great little outfit.
Its just I would maybe do that once a year and it wasn't for me.
I think maybe a few of the online reviews ( some of which aren't exactly glowing ) on T1x are a bit unfair as well.
A 22LR or 17HMR is NEVER going to be a T3X centrefire !
It's a big wrap to Tikka that maybe the expectations on this new release were somewhat unrealistic as a rimfire ,by nothing
other than basic engineering principles is ever going to need to be bedded in a stock or have the same mountings as a higher calibre centrefire.